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Born 1933 Ann Arbor, Michigan. Known for: Landscape, portrait, botanical, mural.
2006 Recipient of the 10th annual Iris Award for outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts from the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. The following... Read full biography
2006 Recipient of the 10th annual Iris Award for outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts from the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. The following information was submitted by the artist in April of 2003:. A landscape painter and muralist in the... Read full biography
2006 Recipient of the 10th annual Iris Award for outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts from the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. The following information was submitted by the artist in April of 2003:. A landscape painter and muralist in the Boston area, Jonathan Fairbanks, in 1971, founded the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. From that time until 1999 when the Department was merged... Read full biography
2006 Recipient of the 10th annual Iris Award for outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts from the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. The following information was submitted by the artist in April of 2003:. A landscape painter and muralist in the Boston area, Jonathan Fairbanks, in 1971, founded the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. From that time until 1999 when the Department was merged with another department, Fairbanks was full Curator. Subsequently he became the Katharine Lane Weems Lane Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Emeritus, at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the sixth... Read full biography
2006 Recipient of the 10th annual Iris Award for outstanding Contributions to the Decorative Arts from the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. The following information was submitted by the artist in April of 2003:. A landscape painter and muralist in the Boston area, Jonathan Fairbanks, in 1971, founded the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. From that time until 1999 when the Department was merged with another department, Fairbanks was full Curator. Subsequently he became the Katharine Lane Weems Lane Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Emeritus, at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the sixth son of sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks, and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Utah in 1953. ... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Diorama, Museum Display Background
- •Easel Painting
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Desert Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
